Milk-bottle holder.



W. L. JOHNSON.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1909.

927,802. Patented July 13, 1909.

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WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed April 13, 1909.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Buffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Holders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to automatically locking devices which are mountedor placed on the outside of doors and which provide receptacles forreceiving milk bottles or other similar articles and so locking themthat they may only be removed when the door is opened.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofelements herein fully illustrated and to be hereinafter fully describedand particularly pointed out in the claims.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will befully under stood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing my device attached to a door. Fig. 2is a sec tional elevation of my invention applied to a door.

In the drawings 1 represents a door hinged at 2 to the jamb 3. Thereceptacle 4 of boxlike construction may be secured to the door by meansof screw eyes 5 or in any other suitable way. When screw eyes are usedplugs 6 may be inserted in the eye of the screw eyes so as to securelyfix the receptacle onto the door. Of course it is possible to secure thereceptacle by additional screw eyes or by other means to either thepanels or other part-s of the door 1.

The receptacle 4 may be made of wood or any other suitable material butpreferably of metal. IVhen made of metal the end pieces 9 the sides 7and the bottom 8 may be made of a single piece of metal formed into thedesired shape. WVhen made of wood or other material, these parts may beseparately made and suitably secured together. If desired of course theend pieces 9, the bottom 8 and the side pieces 7 may be made of separatepieces of metal and securely united with each other. The cover 10 isprovided with a slot 11 on its inner side formed in any suitable way. Inthe drawings I have shown this slot formed by means of a metal plate 12secured at the end of the cover and underneath Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 489,693.

the cover and having an effect as clearly shown in Fig. 2. A pin 13passes through the sides 7 of the receptacle and is adapted to beengaged between the plate 12 and the cover 10. This cover 10 can bethrown up wardly into the position indicated in Fig. 2 in dotted linesand when in this position milk bottles 14 or any other articles may beplaced within the receptacle 4.

The receptacle 4 is so placed on the door 1 that the cover 10, one end15 of which extends beyond one end 9 of the receptacle, will engage atthat end with the door jamb 3. The overhanging end 15 of the cover 10 isslotted to receive a bolt 16 which is normally pressed outwardly by thespring 17. The door jamb 3 is recessed at 18 so to receive the end ofthe bolt 16. The distance between the receptacle 4 and the door jamb 3is short so that when the cover 10 is thrown down to the position shownin full lines in Fig. 2 the bolt 16 will engage with the recess 18 andthe door jamb 3 and thus securely lock the cover down upon the top ofthe receptacle 4.

When the cover is locked in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2it will be evident that the receptacle 4 will be completely inclosed sothat milk bottles 14 or other similar articles cannot be taken therefromuntil the door 1 is thrown open and thus the bolt 16 is drawn away fromengagement in the recess 18 in the door jamb 3. Thus the contents of thereceptacle 4 will be securely protected against any one pillcring themand they will thus be saved from molestation by any unauthorizedpcrsons. Obviously the rcccptacle 4 may be made of any desired lengtl'iprovided it is not longer than the width of the door 1 and .it may bemade of any desired width provided its width is not greater than thewidth of the door jamb 3. Thus I provide by my invention a receptaclecapable of securely holding safe from molestation a large quantity ofarticles.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that my device is verysimple and cheap in construction, not easily put out of order and thatit at the same time securely and effectively accomplishes the objectsdesired. hlanilestly some departures from the exact details of myinvention, as herein shown and described, may be made without departingfrom the spirit of my invention and I do not wish to be limited to theexact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination with a door and its jamb of a milk bottle holdercomprising a receptacle capable of being secured to said door and havingall but its top permanently closed, a pivoted cover provided with anoverhanging end extending toward said j amb when said cover is closed, abolt carried by the overhanging end of said cover, said bolt beingnormally spring-pressed outwardly and means in said jamb for engagingsaid bolt when said cover is closed.

2. The combination with a door and its jamb of a milk bottle holdercomprising a hollow receptacle capable of being secured to said door, apivoted cover provided with a beveled overhanging end extending towardsaid amb when said cover is closed, a bolt carried by the overhangingend of said cover, said bolt being normally spring-pressed outwardly andmeans in said jamb for engaging said bolt when said cover is closed.

3. The combination with a door and its jamb of a milk bottle holdercomprising a receptacle, means for securing said receptacle to saiddoor, a movable cover slotted on its under side, a pin secured in thetop of said receptacle and adapted to pass through the slot of saidcover, spring-pressed locking means carried on the end of said cover andmeans in said jamb for engaging said locking means when said cover isclosed whereby said cover is capable of rotatory as well as verticalmovements and when it is closed and the said door is closed, saidreceptacle is securely locked.

4. The combination with a door and its jamb of a mill; bottle holdercomprising a hollow receptacle, means for securing said receptacle tosaid door, a movable cover slotted on its under side and provided withan overhanging end extending toward said jamb when said cover is closed,a pin secured in the top of said receptacle and adapted to pass throughthe slot of said cover, a bolt carried by the overhanging end of saidcover, said bolt being normally spring pressed outwardly and meanssecured to said amb for engaging said bolt when said cover is closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence-of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM L. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J. NM. ELLrs, ETHEL A. KELLY.

